Oil Company Bonanza

Unocal profits up 69%, Occidental up 86%, Exxon up 44%, BP up 29%, Shell up 42%.

Normally when the cost of production rises, profits drop. What we have here is gouging and price fixing due to unrestrained mergers killing the competition.

The American people went to Bush for help. What did he do, he took $10 billion of their money and is giving it to the oil companies. He is making the ripoff even worse.

Bush is such a great con artist. Can you imagine a police officer who stole from you, and gave it to the burglar when you went for help, and then convinced you he was helping you with the theft.

Bush crime family lost/embezzled $3 trillion from Pentagon. Complicit Bush-friendly media keeps mum.

I'm happy for my portfolio, but I'm unhappy seeing people screwed so badly.

About time they start making money.

Apparently the profits the oil companies made in the 1980s and 1990s don't count since they don't match up to the record profits they're earning now.

The petro companies make on the order of $.08 per gallon. Uncle Sam makes about $.19. Where's your outrage?

Cite?

I didn't know 'petro companies' built roads.

You are correct...the so called 'profits' of the 80's and 90's don't count.